Changing malloced variable newfd to local variable

KVServer.c

@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ void *worker(void *args) {
 
     int read_pipe, conn_sock, nfds, i;
     int epollfd;
-    int *newfd=malloc(sizeof(int));
+    int newfd;
     
-    char *name = (char *) malloc(5 * sizeof(char));
-
     epollfd = epoll_create1(0);
     if (epollfd == -1) {
         perror("epoll_create1");
@@ -46,12 +44,12 @@ void *worker(void *args) {
         for ( i= 0; i < nfds; ++i ) {
             if (events[i].data.fd == read_pipe) {
                 /*  if we get a request from main thread to add new client */
-                read(read_pipe, newfd, sizeof(newfd));
+                read(read_pipe, &newfd, sizeof(newfd));
               
                 printf("\nread %d\n", read_pipe);
-                ev.data.fd=*newfd;
+                ev.data.fd=newfd;
                 ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDHUP;
-                if (epoll_ctl(epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, *newfd,  &ev) == -1) {
+                if (epoll_ctl(epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, newfd,  &ev) == -1) {
                     perror("epoll_ctl: read_pipe");
                     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ void *worker(void *args) {
                     /* Parse the actual message from client */
                     struct message *requestMessage= malloc(sizeof(struct message));
                     int readlength=read(events[i].data.fd  , requestMessage, sizeof(struct message)); 
-                    printf("\n[Message Received from client]\n[[Status:%d][Key:%s][Value:%s]]",requestMessage->status,requestMessage->key,requestMessage->value);               
+                    printf("[Message Received from client] (%d, %s, %s)\n",requestMessage->status,requestMessage->key,requestMessage->value);               
                     /*Process the message and send appropriate response to client*/
                     requestMessage->status=200;
                     write(events[i].data.fd,requestMessage, sizeof(struct message));
@@ -133,8 +131,6 @@ int main (int argc, int argv) {
             perror("ERROR on accept");
 
         write(pipes[next_thread_to_assign][1], &newsockfd, sizeof(newsockfd));
-        printf("main thread value: %d\n",newsockfd);
-        fflush(stdout);
         
         next_thread_to_assign = (next_thread_to_assign+1) % pool_thread_size;
     }